危うい - ayaui | eevy Japanese Dictionary

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Example Sentences

敵対てきたい勢力せいりょく間かんの和平わへい交渉こうしょう再開さいかいだけに、関係かんけいは危あやうい。

tekitaisēryokukanno wahēkōshōsaikaidakeni kankēwa ayaui.

Relations are tenuous as peace talks resume between warring factions.

危あやうい所ところを助たすかった。

ayaui tokorō tasukatta.

I had a narrow escape.

危あやういところで少女しょうじょは湖みずうみでおぼれそうになった。

ayaui tokorode shōjowa mizūmide oboresōni natta.

It was a close call when the little girl almost drowned in the lake.

彼かれは今いま入院にゅういん中ちゅうで、生いきられるかどうかは危あやうい状態じょうたいだ。

karewa ima nyūinchūde ikirareruka dōkawa ayaui jōtaida.

He is now in the hospital and his life is in the balance.

16 Variants Available

Essential 5 items

危あやうかった

ayaukatta

The past form

1. Was dangerous; Was precarious

★ Common

Adjective

#10904

危あやうく

ayauku

Adverbial form: modifies a verb/adjective

1. Dangerously; In peril

★ Common

Adjective

#11336

危あやうくて

ayaukute

て-form: Used to connect clauses, make requests, or chain actions

1. Dangerous and…; Risky and…

★ Common

Adjective

#13042

危あやうくない

ayaukunai

The negative form

1. Not dangerous; Not precarious

★ Common

Adjective

#13111

危あやうくなかった

ayaukunakatta

The past negative form

1. Wasn't dangerous; Wasn't risky

★ Common

Adjective

#13832

Common 6 items

危あやういです

ayauidesu

The polite form

1. Dangerous.; Risky.

★ Common

Adjective

#12657

危あやうかったです

ayaukattadesu

The polite past form

1. It was dangerous.; It was risky.

★ Common

Adjective

#14891

危あやうくありません

ayaukuarimasen

The polite negative form

1. Not dangerous.; Not risky.

★ Common

Adjective

#13343

危あやうくありませんでした

ayaukuarimasendeshita

The polite, past negative form

1. Was not dangerous.; Was not risky.

★ Common

Adjective

#13820

危あやうくないです

ayaukunaidesu

The polite negative form

1. Not dangerous.; Not risky.

★ Common

Adjective

#11990

危あやうくなかったです

ayaukunakattadesu

The polite, past negative form

1. Wasn't dangerous.; Wasn't risky.

★ Common

Adjective

#11682

Advanced 5 items

危あやういだろう

ayauidarō

Expresses probability ("probably…")

1. Likely; Dangerous

★ Common

Adjective

#13977

危あやういと

ayauito

The "-to" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If dangerous; If precarious

★ Common

Adjective

#14489

危あやういなら

ayauinara

The "-nara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If dangerous; If precarious

★ Common

Adjective

#15465

危あやうかったら

ayaukattara

The "-tara" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If/when dangerous; If/when risky

★ Common

Adjective

#11805

危あやうければ

ayaukereba

The "-eba" conditional form ("if/when…")

1. If dangerous; If precarious

★ Common

Adjective

#13339

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